NAME¶
dvhtool - Disk volume header manipulation tool
SYNOPSIS¶
dvhtool --device devicename [ option ]
dvhtool -d devicename [ option ]
DESCRIPTION¶
dvhtool is a utility for displaying SGI disk partition and volume header
information as well as for copying files to and from the volume header.
It is similar to the IRIX(tm) utility of the same name, however the options and
usage are quite different. Also, the IRIX utility cannot display partition and
boot file information.
The disk volume header includes the disk partition table and the volume
directory. The volume directory is an index to the files stored in the volume
header part of the disk. These files can be anything but are usually
standalone programs (like
sash, the SGI standalone shell). The space
available for files is usually limited to one, two or a few megabytes, this
can only be changed by repartitioning the disk with
fx, the SGI disk
formatting and partitioning tool or
fdisk.
You must be root to invoke
dvhtool. The device name can be
/dev/sda for the first disk,
/dev/sdb for the second, and so on.
dvhtool will also work on a file image of a disk volume header.
OPTIONS -d, --device devicename Specify the volume
header device name (or file image)
- --print-volume-header
- Show volume header data only
- --print-volume-directory
- Show volume table of contents
- --print-partitions
- Show partition data
- --print-all
- Equivalent to all three above options
- --vh-remove name
- Remove volhdr file name.
- --vh-to-unix name file
- Copy volhdr file name to Unix file file
- --unix-to-vh file name
- Copy Unix file file to volhdr as name
- --help
- Show usage information
SEE ALSO¶
fdisk(8)
- IRIX tools: fx(1M), prtvtoc(1M), vh(7M).
-
AUTHORS¶
dvhtool was written by Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>, Keith M.
Wesolowski <wesolows@foobazco.org>, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>,
Guido Guenther <agx@debian.org>.